Flood defence scheme for Isle of Axholme to start in January
Work begins on Virgin Trains' East Coast Main Line fleet
Apprentice winner to stand for Hull seat in general election
Updates on Friday 5 May 2017
Anne-Marie Tasker
BBC Look North
A new petition to save a sixty foot mural in Hull has reached almost 1,500 signatures.
Campaigners want the Three Ships by Alan Boyson and another of his mosaics inside the old BHS and Co-Op building to get listed status.
The Department of Culture already rejected an application to protect them in November.
Matt Dean
BBC Radio Humberside
Scunthorpe United started their League One play-off campaign with a goalless draw against Millwall last night.
The Iron host the London club in the second leg of the semi-finals on Sunday.
Both teams are battling for a place in the Wembley showpiece later this month.
Image source, Rex Features
Sally Fairfax
BBC Radio Humberside Live
Here are the latest headlines across East Yorkshire and Humber:
Pritti Mistry
BBC News Online
A winner of The Apprentice television programme is to stand for Parliament in the upcoming general election.
Michelle Dewberry is running as an independent in the Hull West and Hessle constituency.
The Hull-born business consultant was chosen as the winner of the 2006 series by Sir Alan Sugar.
Labour's Alan Johnson announced he was stepping down as an MP at the election after holding the seat for almost 20 years.
Image source, Michelle Dewberry
Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North
A chilly start, then dry with plenty of sunshine. A cool northeasterly breeze will continue to take a few degrees off the temperatures, especially along the coast.
Becoming cloudier in the east later with highs of 13C.
Kimberley Metcalfe
BBC Local Live, Hull and East Yorkshire
Work has begun to build 65 new super-fast trains for the East Coast main line.
They'll be run by Virgin Trains, and as well as providing an extra 12,200 more seats, along the route from our area to Kings Cross, they'll be faster than current trains.
The train's body shells are being built in Kasado, Japan but the rest of the work will be carried out at Hitachi's factory in Country Durham from the summer with the fleet expect to be in service from 2018.
Image source, PAKimberley Metcalfe
BBC Local Live, Hull and East Yorkshire
Good morning and welcome to today's live feed across East Yorkshire & Humber on Friday 5 May 2017.
I'll be with you until 18:00 with all the latest news, sport, travel and weather.
If there's anything you'd like to get in touch with me about, you can do so via email, facebook, external and twitter, external.
And please send me your photos of the sunshine, Weather Watcher Redcometraven has already been out and about in North Lincolnshire uploading pics.
Hayley Ritchie
BBC Local Live
That's all from me today. Thank you for joining our live coverage.
We'll be back tomorrow with all the latest news, sport, travel and weather from across East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire.
Before I go, here's five things we didn't know when we woke up this morning:
The Humber Bridge is one of the great wonders of British engineering. When it opened in 1981 it was the longest suspension bridge in the world.
But few people have experienced the bridge from above by walking along its aerial walkway.
The bridge is more than a mile long and took nearly nine years to build. The view from the top of its super structure is breathtaking. The walkway connects either side of the huge towers and is normally used by bridge engineers. Public access isn’t normally allowed but Paul Rose was given special permission to walk the walkway.
Watch the video of Paul Rose talking to one of the original engineers, Douglas Strachan, and walking across the Humber Bridge’s aerial walkway.
Hull FC general manager Motu Tony is to leave the club at the end of the season to return to New Zealand.
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BBC Radio Humberside
A caravan park in Bridlington may be expanded with the addition of 180 extra pitches.
Image source, GoogleThe South Cliff Caravan Park, run by the East Riding Council, says the growth of the site will enable more people to stay in Bridlington, bringing an extra £2m a year into the town's economy.
Subject to planning permission, work will start in the autumn.
BBC Radio Humberside
Eight major education unions have criticised a school academy chain which operates in East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire.
The unions, which represent headteachers, teachers and support staff, have raised concerns with the David Ross Education Trust over a number of issues.
The union Unison, along with seven other teachers' unions, says the group is proposing to cut £1m from school budgets and 40 jobs across 32 schools in the region.
The David Ross Education Trust has told us it has contacted ACAS to try to resolve the issues raised by the union at the earliest opportunity.
BBC Humberside Sport
Congratulations to Wyke College Football team who have won National Cup Final against South Devon College.
It’s the first time the college's male team has reached a national final.
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Image source, Wyke College
Paul Hudson
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
A fine, sunny and windy day.
Here's my full forecast:
Carl Wheatley
BBC Radio Humberside
Safer Roads Humber, external invited us to see how they're using technology to discourage young drivers from using mobile phones behind the wheel:
There have been some interesting skies above the region today.
Thanks to susiesunshine, Gilly, pete the sweep and Muttley for these lovely pictures!
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers
Chris Arundel
BBC Radio Humberside
The only dreadlock-wearing roofer in Hornsea says he'll have his precious locks cut off - if he can raise at least a thousand pounds in sponsorship.
Andy Wilkes' dreadlocks are over a metre long and he's a well-known sight about the town.
But Andy says if people pledge at least a thousand pounds through his Just Giving page, he'll have his hair cut - and donate the money raised towards a life-changing operation for local girl Maisie Rice from Hornsea, who was born with cerebral palsy:
Motorsport student, George Benton, has got the backing of North Lindsey College.
Karting enthusiast George has travelled Europe taking part in various karting championships races. He has gone on to win three Club Championship Grand Prix and, this April, he came third in the British 125 Karting Championships at Darley Moor in Derby.
Image source, North Lindsey CollegeA sponsorship from the college will be going towards repairing and improving his kart in preparation for the rest of the season.
The former Outwood Academy Brumby student is currently working towards a Level 3 Extended Diploma at the College’s Engineering Technology Centre.
Chris Arundel
BBC Radio Humberside
Plans to create a town hall and entertainment venue for Market Weighton, by buying the former Barclays Bank building, will be explained to the public this evening.
Image source, GoogleThe town council says the Victorian building on the high street is much better suited to holding meetings than its current premises on Linegate, which they say is too cramped and not wheelchair-accessible.
Tonight's meeting is at 1900 in Market Weighton community hall.
Hayley Ritchie
BBC Local Live
Tonight sees the opening of a production of the Shakespeare play Richard the Third at Hull Truck Theatre - and it's making headlines.
Lead Mat Fraser is said to be the first disabled actor to play the role of theatre's most famous disabled villain.
It also marks the 25th anniversary of the Northern Broadsides theatre company, which started life putting on the very same play in the city's boatshed.
